Feeling bullied at the workplace

Prevalence and predictors of exposure to disruptive behaviour in the operating room

“…7 To develop strategies to reduce disruptive behaviour in the OR, it is important to establish the scope of the problem and to ascertain who is at higher risk of being exposed. Previous investigations in the OR have had methodological limitations relating to sampling frames, survey tool development, and statistical methodology.. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Appropriate tools to measure exposure to disruptive behaviour have only recently been created 21,24,25 and previous studies have not examined disruptive behaviour in a large international cohort of OR clinicians. There is also limited data on the socio-demographic predictors of exposure to disruptive behaviour.…”

Development of Survey Scales for Measuring Exposure and Behavioral Responses to Disruptive Intraoperative Behavior

“…in the healthcare setting have similarly relied on unsolicited reporting 49,50 or have used tools generating scores with underverified psychometric properties. 4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] A number of studies assessed exposure using a single self-labeling question. 4,6,10,12,18 This involves directly asking respondents how often they have been a victim of any disruptive behavior, without reference to particular examples.…”

“…31,32 The more sources of evidence collected, the stronger the claim of validity. Some of the previous studies made no efforts to show the validity of their scores, 18 provided evidence of validity solely based on content 4,10,14,16,53,54 or provided evidence based on 2 or 3 sources of evidence. 13,19 Only one other study presented 4 of the 5 sources of evidence to support the use of their scales 25 but this study did not focus on the operative context.…”

“…[1][2][3][4] Despite the increased recognition that these behaviors must be eliminated from the healthcare setting, 5 there are few quantitative investigations of the phenomenon, especially in the perioperative context. 4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] This lack of appropriate studies may originate from the following 3 sources: an unwillingness to acknowledge and study the problem, a lack of a standardized definition of disruptive behavior, [20][21][22][23][24] and a lack of tools with adequate psychometric verification to study the problem. 4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The manner in which victims and witnesses respond to disruptive behavior can exacerbate or attenuate its detrimental consequences.…”

“…4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] This lack of appropriate studies may originate from the following 3 sources: an unwillingness to acknowledge and study the problem, a lack of a standardized definition of disruptive behavior, [20][21][22][23][24] and a lack of tools with adequate psychometric verification to study the problem. 4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The manner in which victims and witnesses respond to disruptive behavior can exacerbate or attenuate its detrimental consequences. Although some studies have examined the coping strategies of individuals who have been exposed to verbal abuse, 10,11,15 and more recent tools have examined select responses to disruptive behavior, 17,25 the range of responses measured by these survey scales is limited.…”